The Saskatchewan Rush had to come from behind late in a see-saw battle against the Panther City Lacrosse Club to earn a 10-9 win. The victory improves Saskatchewan’s record to 2-4 and vaults them from dead last in the NLL to 12th place. Meanwhile, PCLC drops to 3-4, in a three-way tie for eighth place. Nathaniel Kozevnikov opened the scoring for the Rush four-and-a-half minutes into the game. It took…
The Saskatchewan Rush controlled the first three quarters on Saturday night, but it was the Vancouver Warriors to earned the win, scoring six unanswered goals in the final quarter to win 11-9. The win improves Vancouver’s record to 2-4, good for a 12th-place tie in the NLL. The Rush drop to 1-4, languishing at the bottom of the standings. After an evenly matched first quarter, the Rush went on a…
The The Saskatchewan Rush got their first win of the season on Friday night, clobbering the Las Vegas Desert Dogs 17-5. The Rush improve to 1-2 on the season while the Dogs drop to 1-2, putting them both in a tie with the Philadelphia Wings for 10th place in the NLL. This game was never really in doubt. Zach Manns scored his first of four goals on the night…
The Saskatchewan Rush gave their fans something to cheer for early in their home opener on Saturday, grabbing a quick 2-0 lead. But the visiting Rochester Knighthawks had other plans, fighting back over the rest of the game to take a 16-14 victory. The win keeps the Knighthawks at the top of the league standings, with a perfect 2-0 record, while the Rush fall to 0-2. Goals by Zach Manns…
The Albany FireWolves stayed close for three quarters, before finally pushing ahead in the fourth to earn a 12-10 victory over the Las Vegas Desert Dogs in the season opener for both teams. Las Vegas got on the board first as veteran Zach Greer triple-pump faked the defence and ForeWolves goalie Doug Jamieson for his first of three first-half goals. Casey Jackson extended the lead less than a minute later…
The Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League is Alberta’s amateur league for post-midget players, both male and female. There are seven male divisions, from Junior B to Senior B and two female divisions—Junior and Senior. I have a cousin playing for the Red Deer Riot in the Junior Female Division. Checking the schedule, I saw that the closest her team would be to my hometown of Lethbridge this year was their June…
A flurry of goals in the dying moments of the game earned the Saskatchewan Rush the 13-12 win over the Las Vegas Desert Dogs on Saturday night. The Rush close out the season in fifth place in the West Conference, with an 8-10 record while the Desert Dogs wrap up their first season in sixth place at 5-13. Marshal King drew first blood for the Desert Dogs, just 56 seconds…
The Saskatchewan Rush blew a three-goal lead to the Colorado Mammoth in the final five minutes of regulation on Saturday night, but managed to win the game in overtime, 12-11. The result had no direct effect on the standings, with the Mammoth remaining in fourth place in the West Division, and the Rush staying in fifth place. Saskatchewan never trailed in this game. They opened up the scoring on an…
After trailing for three quarters, the Halifax Thunderbirds erupted for nine goals in the final 15 minutes to earn a critical 15-11 win over the Saskatchewan Rush. The win keeps Halifax in a fourth-place tie with the Georgia Swarm in the East Conference, while the loss drops the Rush to 6-10 on the season, leaving them in fifth place in the West Conference, and out of the playoff picture for…
The Georgia Swarm scored early and often en route to a 13-9 win over the visiting Saskatchewan Rush on Saturday night. The win, in front of a season-best crowd of 9,332 fans, was Georgia’s fifth in a row, moving them up to a fourth-place tie with the Halifax Thunderbirds in the East Conference at 7-8. The loss for Saskatchewan drops their record to 6-9, keeping them in fifth place in…